diff --git a/data-archive/java/avro-example/pom.xml b/data-archive/java/avro-example/pom.xml
index ad7c9d5094..e4ce8ece2d 100644
--- a/data-archive/java/avro-example/pom.xml
+++ b/data-archive/java/avro-example/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <scala.compat.version>2.12</scala.compat.version>
         <artifact.wagon.version>2.0.19</artifact.wagon.version>
 
-        <avro.version>1.10.0</avro.version>
+        <avro.version>1.11.3</avro.version>
         <commons-logging.version>1.2</commons-logging.version>
 
         <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>